Example sentences of "[noun] because she [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you think I 'm jealous of Eleanor because she 's spent the last four years with you , and I have n't ? ’ |
| 2 | Critical illness , you 've got carry on paying the premiums , with no lump sum paid on living assur , er , on life assurance , the living expenses are likely to increase , because you may have er , somebody who 's disabled , paralysed or whatever , there 's no chance of the widow returning to work because she 's looking after person who 's er , ill , and obviously she ca n't remarry because she 's not widowed at this point . |
| 3 | Okay fine just for sake because she 's going to write the erm minutes from that tape . |
| 4 | To try and tempt her appetite because she 's throwing up |
| 5 | The Lilac Fairy is generously slow and controlled and taps her forehead because she is bringing the gift of Wisdom ( the traditional gesture for wise ) . |
| 6 | And as to Spasov and being saved — ‘ Il me semble que tout le monde va à Spassof ’ — there is still some comic devillife in him as he quotes the Saviour against his bible-selling saviour because she is taking thought for the morrow , and as he turns the gospel on its head with ‘ Happiness does n't pay me because I start at once forgiving all my enemies . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I suggested it , but she 's determined to wait until the morning because she 's hoping it 'll wear off . ’ |
| 8 | yes , but normally she does n't watch erm six o'clock news because she 's cooking at six o'clock or seven o'clock . |
| 9 | I 'm damn sure she has n't queried the bill because she 's said nothing about it before . |
| 10 | Here 's a selection : Mrs F. from near Darlington writes : ‘ I would like to have Jane Fonda 's thighs and tum because she 's done all the hard work . |
| 11 | But erm I , I think a midwife , a good midwife , is every bit as good as a doctor because she 's doing it all the time . |
| 12 | Fashion — one silly brainless bitch trying to outdo the others because she 's bored out of her tiny mind and is n't interested in anything other than the way she looks . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ As well as children are when their mother fails to come home from a party because she 's shacked up with some gorilla in a cheap hotel . |
| 14 | The young lady is talking as if she 's a member of the family because she 's paying so much over there . |